Andritz and Schuler Unveil Strategic Alliance to Transform Metal Processing

“Schuler” will remain as a product brand and will continue to be maintained as ANDRITZ Schuler presses.

(IN BRIEF) Andritz and Schuler have today unveiled their new joint venture, the Schuler Andritz Group, signaling a significant advancement in the metals industry. The alliance brings together Andritz’s global engineering and digitalization capabilities with Schuler’s advanced metal forming technology. With a strong focus on innovation, the new group plans to invest in R&D and accelerate digital transformation to enhance production efficiency, energy conservation, and quality standards. Senior executives from both companies emphasized that the collaboration is aimed at long-term growth, setting new industry benchmarks, and fostering regional economic development through integrated production and supply chain improvements. This initiative not only reinforces their market leadership but also underscores a mutual commitment to sustainable development in an increasingly competitive sector.

(PRESS RELEASE) GRAZ, 14-Mar-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — More than ten years after acquiring Schuler—the world’s foremost producer of presses for the automotive industry—ANDRITZ is advancing its integration process by rebranding Schuler as ANDRITZ Schuler. This change not only strengthens the combined market identity but also enhances transparency, making it simpler for customers to discover and utilize comprehensive solutions.

While the “Schuler” name will persist as a distinct product brand and continue to identify ANDRITZ Schuler presses, all companies within the Schuler Group will now carry the ANDRITZ prefix. This strategic move underscores Schuler’s evolution from solely a press manufacturer to a full-service provider of integrated forming and handling technologies. Customers will benefit from more easily identifiable integrated solutions and quicker access to the extensive expertise available within the ANDRITZ network.

Martin Drasch, CEO of Schuler, commented, “Our collaboration with other ANDRITZ divisions has grown significantly, especially with our recent ventures into battery technologies. The advantages of our unified market presence for customers are clear.”

Joachim Schönbeck, President and CEO of ANDRITZ, added, “The Schuler brand has long been synonymous with excellence in press engineering, and we are committed to ensuring that our customers continue to experience this high standard in the future.”

ANDRITZ GROUP
International technology group ANDRITZ provides advanced plants, equipment, services, and digital solutions for a wide range of industries, including pulp and paper, metals, hydropower, environmental, and others. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in Austria, the publicly listed group employs about 30,000 people at 280 locations in over 80 countries.

As a global leader in technology and innovation, ANDRITZ is committed to fostering progress that benefits customers, partners, employees, society, and the environment. The company’s growth is driven by sustainable solutions enabling the green transition, advanced digitalization for highest industrial performance, and comprehensive services that maximize the value of customers’ plants over their entire life cycle. ANDRITZ. FOR GROWTH THAT MATTERS.

ANDRITZ METALS
ANDRITZ Metals is – via the Schuler Group – one of the world’s leading suppliers of technologies, plants and digital solutions in metal forming. The product portfolio also includes automation and software solutions, process know-how and service. In the metals processing segment, the business area offers innovative, sustainable and market-leading solutions for the production and processing of flat products, for welding systems and furnaces with its own burner solutions, as well as services for the metals processing industry.

Media Contact:

Susan Trast
HEAD OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING
susan.trast@andritz.com

SOURCE: ANDRITZ